英语四级考试辅导：改错精练（1）

会计考友 · 发表于 2012-8-14 09:52:33

　　Americans this year will swallow 15000 tons of
　　aspirin, one of safest and most effective drugs 1.__________
　　invented by man. The most popular medicines in the 2.__________
　　world today, it is an effective pain reliever. Its bad
　　effects are relatively mild, and it is cheap.
　　For millions of people suffered from arthrities, 3.__________
　　it is the only thing that works. Aspirin, in short, is
　　truly the 20th-century wonder drug. It is also the
　　second largest suicide drug and is the leading cause of
　　poisoning among children. it has side effects that, if 4.__________
　　relatively mild, are largely unrecognized between users. 5.__________
　　Although aspirin was first sold by Germam company
　　in 1899, it has been around much longer than that.
　　Hippocrates, in ancient Greece, understood the medical value
　　of the leaves and tree bark which today is known to 6.__________
　　contain salicylates, the chemical in aspirin. during the
　　19th century, there was a great number of experimentation 7.__________
　　in Europe with this chemical, and it led in the introduction 8.__________
　　of aspirin. By 1915, aspirin tablets were available
　　in the United States.
　　A small quantity of aspirin(two five-grain tablets)
　　relieves pain and inflammation. It also reduces down 9.__________
　　fever by interfering with some of the body's reactions.
　　Specifically, aspirin seems to slow down the formation
　　of the acids involved in pain and the complex chemical
　　reactions that cause fever. The chemistry of these acids
　　is not fully understood, and the slowing effect of aspirin 10.__________
　　is well known.
　　参考答案
　　1. of ∧ safest → the
　　2. medicines → medicine(or: drug)
　　3. suffered → suffering
　　4. if → though(or: although)
　　5. between → among
　　6. is → are
　　7. number → deal(or: amount,quantity)
　　8. in → to
　　9. down → /
　　10. and → but

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